Love in the Siheyuan: Starting from Jia Dongxu

After a while, Liu Zhonghai's wife came to He Daqing's door, and seeing He Daqing and Jia Dongxu were there, she came forward.

"Daqing, here I come."

He Daqing nodded, "Dongxu told me about what happened today. You can ask him to get the letter of apology, but you can't get it for free. Otherwise, if Lao Liu really goes to jail, the title of prisoner will be bad for the three Guangqi brothers. It will affect their marriage and job hunting."

Liu Haizhong's wife cried and said, "Dongxu, please spare our family. We will never bully your family again."

He Daqing shook his head. "Sister-in-law, you can't just look at it this way. Liu Haizhong committed a crime and must be punished. Now that you want a letter of apology, you need to show your attitude. It's not easy to get things done with empty words."

"Dongxu, I'll give you 50 yuan if you write a letter of understanding to your third uncle. I'm begging you." Liu Haizhong's wife stepped forward and said.

Seeing Jia Dongxu turned his head away without even looking at him, he hurriedly said, "80, 80 percent, right?"

He Daqing took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Sister-in-law, this is not bargaining in the vegetable market. Your Lao Liu only earns 58 yuan a month. How about this, you give Dongxu 200 yuan, and I will ask Dongxu to write a letter of understanding for you."

"200 yuan is not a lot. Don't send Lao Liu to jail for this little money. If he loses his job, he won't even have a place to cry."

Liu Haizhong's wife nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go get the money now, wait for me."

"Okay, go write the letter of understanding." He Daqing looked at Jia Dongxu and said.

"Uncle, now that I have the money, I will buy a 28-inch bicycle. It will be just right for me to go to work in the rain." Jia Dongxu walked into the house with a smile. In two years, he would need a ticket to buy a bicycle, so he had to buy one quickly.

"Uncle, find me some paper and a pen. Oh, and why don't you buy one for Shazhu as well? It will be convenient for him to go back and forth and save him time."

"Go find him yourself. He has the money in his hand." He Daqing said angrily. He himself didn't even have a bicycle, and this bastard was thinking about spending money like this. What a spendthrift.

Then he handed Jia Dongxu a piece of paper and a pen, "Can you write, kid? Don't play around for a few years and return everything to the teacher."

Jia Dongxu thought about it and thought, maybe simplified Chinese characters are not available at this time? I don’t know how to write traditional Chinese characters! Forget it, just write in simplified Chinese characters.

As he said this, he picked up the pen and started writing.

He Daqing leaned over to take a look and found that the handwriting was quite beautiful, not like something that a junior high school student could write. This kid didn't study very well before, so how come his handwriting is so beautiful?

What does this word mean? Is it a simplified word? From the context, we can guess what it means, so it does not affect the reading.

After finishing writing and signing, he put ink on his finger and pressed his fingerprint.

After a while, Liu Haizhong's wife took out the money and handed it to He Daqing. He Daqing counted it and handed the letter of understanding to Liu Haizhong's wife.

Liu Haizhong's wife took the letter of understanding, thanked He Daqing and left. It was really unfair to spend 200 yuan today, which made her feel painful.

"Here you go, it's a pity you have to spend it again." He Daqing handed the money to Jia Dongxu.

"Uncle He, are you still coveting this little money? With your skills, it will only take you half a month, right?" Jia Dongxu said as he took the money. He had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative early tomorrow to buy the car.

"Help me move the table to the door. We'll have a meeting soon."

He Daqing and Jia Dongxu moved the table to the door and looked at their watches. It was almost time, and that stupid boy Sha Zhu had gone somewhere again, so they were not afraid of losing the money.

As he was talking, he saw Sha Zhu eating candy. When He Daqing saw this, his face darkened. This son was really useless. As soon as he got the money, he ran to buy candy.

"Zhu Zi, where did you buy the candy so late?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Ah? I bought it from Xu Damao." Sha Zhu gestured happily, it only cost him 5 cents.

"Zhu Zi, give me the money." He Daqing said to Sha Zhu with a dark face.

Sha Zhu reluctantly took out the money and handed it to He Daqing.

He Daqing took the money and stuffed it directly into Jia Dongxu's hand. "Take Sha Zhu to buy a bicycle tomorrow. Zhu is like this. This money has been swindled away in two days."

"Okay, buy two more watches. It's inconvenient without watches." Jia Dongxu took the money and put it directly in his pocket without counting it.

"You decide on the arrangements. Anyway, I won't give him any money except for living expenses," said He Daqing.

"Uncle, the living expenses are for me, not for him. And Zhuzi will get paid for cooking for the workers, and he will also get paid for going to Fengze Garden, so he won't starve." Jia Dongxu said with a smile.

"Then just spend it on yourself." He Daqing said with a dark face.

Sha Zu was also angry when he saw that his father took the money. He had just secretly hidden a bill so that he could buy a few pounds of candy later.

Hearing Jia Dongxu say that he was going to buy her a bicycle and a watch, she looked at him excitedly, "Brother Dongxu, are you really going to buy me a bicycle and a watch?"

"Well, I'll buy it for you. You're going to work, and it will be convenient for you to go to Fengze Garden." Jia Dongxu said, looking at Sha Zhu, "Don't show off in front of me, this is for your work."

"Okay!" Sha Zhu agreed happily. He would ride it himself anyway.

At this time, everyone in the yard slowly came to the middle yard for a meeting, and Yi Zhonghai helped the old lady come from the backyard.

"Zhonghai, why did you go to the backyard? I didn't see you there just now!" He Daqing asked.

"Oh, we are at the old lady's place." Yi Zhonghai was a little nervous. He had just been discussing how to deal with He Daqing in the backyard.

Yi Zhonghai shouted to Sha Zhu, "Sha Zhu, go get a stool for the old lady!"

Sha Zhu was chatting and laughing with Jia Dongxu, ignoring Yi Zhonghai. Seeing that Sha Zhu didn't respond, Yi Zhonghai continued, "Sha Zhu, you should respect the elderly in the courtyard and love the young. You can't be so cold. Go and get a stool for the old lady."

Sha Zhu pretended not to hear, took out a candy and showed it off in front of Jia Dongxu, then took out money from his pocket and chatted with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai looked at He Daqing, "Daqing, what's going on with Shazhu?"

He Daqing looked at Yi Zhonghai angrily, luckily he continued to tell him about the old man's plan today. His father was still by his side and he ordered his son around like he was ordering his grandson around.

"His name is Zhuzi, not Shazhu. If you call him Shazhu, of course he will ignore you." He Daqing said, and ignored him and looked at the people in the yard.

"Zhu Zi, quickly move the stools over for us, the meeting is about to start." Yi Zhonghai shouted to Sha Zhu again.

He Daqing saw this and said unhappily, "We are all young, just standing for a while is just exercise."

"Everyone is standing. What are we doing sitting here? Lao Yi, as the second uncle, do you want to be treated specially in the courtyard?"